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Volume 1, Issue 1
January - June 2006
Educator
This is a newsletter of the Environmental Education and Training Unit, UNEP. Copies for
download can also be found at our website http://www.unep.org/training/publications
CHANGE
OF GUARD AT UNEP
UNEP Welcomes Achim Steiner
as Executive Director
Achim Steiner
Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme
The Educator
To O u r R e a d e r s
Welcome to the first edition of the Educator Newsletter! This is a Newsletter of the Environmental
Education and Training Unit and will be produced
biannually. As the name suggests, its main purpose is to educate the reader on educationrelated projects and activities within the UN system and within the educational sector.
Martin Luther King Jr rightly pointed out that true
education should encompass both intelligence
and character. We hope that the articles and profiles contained in this Newsletter will remind readers about the vital role of education in shaping the
thinking and character of todays society.
The Educator team would like to extend a warm
welcome to Mr. Achim Steiner, the new Executive
Director of UNEP. Some of his views are shared
in this edition. We have also profiled UNEPs
Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability
(MESA) program. In May 2006, UNEP through its
Nairobi, 15 June 2006 --The new head of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) took up office with a call to all nations to put the environment at the heart of economic policies.
Achim Steiner, the 45 year-old former Director General of IUCN-the World Conservation Union, said: For too long economics and environment have seemed
like players on rival teams. There have been a lot of nasty challenges and far too
many own goals. We need to make these two sides of the development coin
team players, players on the same side.
We then have a chance to achieve the fundamental shift of values and reach a new
understanding of what really makes the
world go round. Until recently the goods and
services provided by nature have been paid
only lip service by traditional economic accounting. Thus the land, the air, the biodiversity and the worlds waters have been frequently treated as free and limitless, he
added.
Mr Steiner said a whole stream of reports
over the past year or so, including the UNEP
supported Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, were underlining the enormous
wealth of natures services.
For too long economics

and environment have
seemed like players on
rival teams. There have
been a lot of nasty challenges and far too many
own goals. We need to
make these two sides of
the development coin
team players, players on
the same side
They also underline that far too many are becoming limited as a result of abuse,
poor management and over-exploitation, he added.
Mr Steiner said one of his main challenges over his coming first term as UNEP
Executive Director was to end this antagonism between economic and environmental policy.
He said he would be focusing on how markets and economic incentives and international treaties and agreements can be made to work in a way which is pro
environment, pro poor and thus pro sustainable development.
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UNEP
Time to Make Environment

and Economics Team Players
Inside this Issue

of Educator:
(Continued from page 1)
UNEP Welcomes Achim Steiner as

Executive Director
United Nations Decade of Education

for Sustainable Development
MESA Universities Partnership
UNEP Hosts the Education for Sustainable Development Innovations

Course
TUNZA Children, Youth / Sport and

the Environment
Plant for the Planet Campaign
UNEP/GPA Training Programme
10
Africa Environment Outlook for Youth

Launched
12
Fourth World Environmental Education Congress - Durban 2007
13
Grants Courses & Scholarships
14
Workshops, Conventions, Seminars

and Training Programmes
16
UNEPs PADELIA Project
18
Regional News from Europe
19
Regional News from Africa
20
Economic issues that touch on the environment are all too often pushed out of environmental conventions. Meanwhile, environmental issues are generally left standing
on the touch line, little more than spectators and rarely asked to play a real role in
the great economic game. Everyone, not just those in the developing but also those
in the developed world stand to lose out if this continues, said the new UNEP Executive Director.
Mr Steiner, the organizations fifth Executive Director since it was set up in the early
1970s, said there was every reason to be positive: There is a real tide of opinion
that is now running in the direction of environmentally sustainable economies upon
which we must and should sail.
A new mood that increasingly
recognizes that, while money may
make the world go round, what
makes money go round is ultimately the trillions of dollars generated by the planets goods and
servicesfrom the air cleaning
and climate-change countering
processes of forests to the fisheries and the coast line protection
power of coral reefs.
He said among his many targets,
aimed at making UNEP even more
relevant to the challenges of the
21st century, was that of achieving
stronger and more streamlined ties
with other UN organizations, civil
society and the private sector.
Achim Steiner Executive Director of the United

Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
addresses staff on the day he assumed office.
Regional News from Asia-Pacific
To Our Readers . . . . .
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Publications
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This is a newsletter of the Environmental

Education and Training Unit, UNEP.
Copies for download can also be found at
our website http://www.unep.org/training/
P.O. Box 30552, Tel: +254-20-7624027;
00100 Nairobi
Fax: +254-20-7623917
Kenya
E-mail: env.edu@unep.org
Division of Policy Development and Law (DPDL), organised several MESA events under
the theme, educate the educators. The success of these events was pegged on the
tireless efforts of partners in Education for Sustainable Development namely UNESCO,
the African Association of Universities (AAU), the Global Virtual University (GVU), the
United Nations University (UNU), and the Global Higher Education for Sustainable Development Partnerships Project.
We thank all of you who submitted articles and reports about your respective projects. In
the spirit of educating one another, we urge all of you to inform us about your education
related activities. We will ensure that your contributions are included in the next edition of
Educator, which will be available in January 2007.
I wish you a happy reading and all the best for the rest of the year!
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UNESCO
UNDESD
United Nations Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a concept that goes far beyond
environmental education. ESD is the educational process of achieving human development (the three pillars of human development proposed by UNDP: economic
growth, social development, and environmental protection) in an inclusive, equitable
and secure manner. It thus includes education for poverty alleviation, human rights,
gender equality, cultural diversity, international understanding, peace and many
more.
UNESCO proposed that the vision of education for sustainable development is a
world where everyone has the opportunity to benefit from quality education and learn
the values, behaviour and lifestyles required for a sustainable future and for positive
societal transformation. For more information, please visit the UNESCO website on
education for ESD.
The concept of sustainable
development
touches upon all aspects of the social and
institutional fabric. In
this sense sustainable
development provides a
way of articulating the
overall social project
and aim of development. Since the Earth
Summit in 1992 in Rio
de Janeiro, there has
been increasing recognition of the critical role
of education in promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns in order to change attitudes and behavior of people
as individuals, including as producers and consumers, and as citizens.
If other related international education initiatives look at education as a fundamental
human right and focus on providing educational opportunities to everyone and reducing illiteracy, ESD focuses on the underlying principles and values conveyed through
education and the content and purpose of education. Chapter 36 of Agenda 21 specifically discusses re-orienting education towards sustainable development, and encompasses all streams of education, both formal and non-formal, basic education
and all the key issues related to educating for sustainable human development.
In spite of multiple efforts to strengthen ESD, many challenges remain. In particular,
there is a need:
to integrate sustainable science and education;

to strengthen co-ordination and collaboration between different levels of education for SD; and
to mitigate information and knowledge gaps between different parts of the world.
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For more information, visit the

UNESCO DESD website :
www.unesco.org/education/desd
Alternate Information Site:

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future
education program:
www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/
Based on the proposals by Japan and Sweden , the

United Nations General Assembly, at its 58th Session in December 2002, adopted a resolution to
start the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) from January 2005, following
the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
For nearly 60 years, UNESCO worked to promote
and improve education. The Organization currently
leads the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development (2005-2014). At the dawn of the Decade during a Special Governing Council Event on
the on 23 February 2005, the Heads of UNESCO
and UNEP signed a joint statement committing the
two agencies to implementing strategies and activities outlined in the ESD International Implementation Scheme. The International Implementation
Scheme identifies UNEP as a key partner in the
implementation of the environment component.
In preparation for the decade, UNEP focal points on
EET from divisional and regional offices met in
Nairobi, Kenya on the 12 and 13 of June 2003 to
formulate a UNEP EET strategy to clearly articulate
an appropriate path for UNEP during the decade.
The goal was to achieve greater impact and
strengthened delivery of EET programmes within
the context of ESD. Resulting from this meeting, a
strategic framework for EET in UNEP containing a
plan of action spelling out UNEPs involvement in
the environment component of the DESD and an
introductory guide on UNEPs programmes and
resources for environmental education and training
was produced. The term action planning used in
the strategy document signifies that it is a living
document.
UNEP - EET
M E S A
PARTNERSHIP
MESA stands for Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African
Universities' Partnership. MESA partnership is part of UNEPs special focus
on Africa and also a flagship programme for the United Nations Decade of
Educations for Sustainable Development. It is coordinated by the Environmental Education and Training (EE&T) Unit in the Division of Policy Development
and Law (DPDL).
The MESA Partnership Programme consists of six components; an Education for
Sustainable Development (ESD) Innovations Short Course, seminars for university leaders, a biennial conference on ESD Innovations, student workshops, corporate environmental links and finally a range of pilot programmes designed to
link universities, students, communities, business and industry in sustainable
development partnerships.
The growing collaboration in the MESA partnership has witnessed the incorporation of different organizations all with the common vision of education for sustainable development innovations in Africa.
Prof. Hans van Ginkel UN Under- SecretaryGeneral, Rector of UNU during the first MESA
lecture at Kenyatta University, NairobiKenya
The MESA partnership seeks to:
Contribute to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Incorporate the core elements of environment, social and economic development
Motivate, build capacity and equip lecturers

and students with courseware and methodology to start a movement for change at
local levels
Promote strong partnerships for sustainability at the local level with universities, the
private sector, governments and the civil
society.
For more information on the MESA

Partnership, please contact:
Vice chancellors and leaders from universities in Africa are joined by staff from UNEP,
UNU and UNESCO for a group photograph at the UNEP headquarters during the
MESA seminar in UNEP
The partnership has now grown to include organizations such as UNESCO,

United Nations University (UNU), Global Virtual University (GVU), Leadership for
Environment and Development (LEAD), Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnerships (GHESP), Environic Foundation International (EFI), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH-Zurich).
MESA has also gained a lot of support from sub-regional structures such as the
Association of African Universities (AAU), Southern African Development Community (SADC-REEP), Nile Basin Transboundary Environmental Project.
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Akpezi Ogbuigwe
Head of the Environmental Education and
Training (EE&T) Unit,
Division of Environmental Policy Development
and Law - DPDL,
United Nations Environment Programme,
P.O. Box 30552 ,
00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (+254 20) 7623381
Fax: (+254 20) 7623917
E-mail: Akpezi.Ogbuigwe@unep.org
Website: http://www.unep.org/training
UNEP - EET
UNEP Hosts the Education
Innovations Course
Markets Need to Work With

Earths Life Support Systems to
Achieve Development Goals Achim Steiner
Imagine this! A room full of dignified university vice-chancellors busy

folding paper-airplanes, giggling and laughing out loud, throwing
their airplanes in the air and picking up other . Keeping a keen eye
on their special paper to see whether it went than that of the vicechancellor sitting next to themThe airplanes contain messages on
education for sustainable development.
How about African university professors and lecturers trying their

hand at art, painting their memories and feelings about the best
learning experience they have had in their lives. No child could have
looked happier or more proud, spotting their artwork in the exhibition
gallery later on
What has happened? Have they all gone barmy? No, certainly not
but they have definitely all gone severely MESA!
The MESA Partnership Programme officially kicked off in
May 2006. In total, 85 university professors and lecturers
I really liked the idea of
from 29 African countries and
'greening' the university
various academic fields successfully attended the first
curriculum, it was new
series of ESD Innovations
academic jargon for me."
Short Course. These educate
Prof. Ssebuwufu of AAU
the educatorscourses took
place between 3-13 May at the
Kenya School of Monetary
Studies, and were supported
by UNESCO, the Nile Basin
Environmental Education Initiative, the Global Virtual University,
United Nations University (UNU), Rhodes University, Southern African Development Community (SADC-REEP), and the US-based
Environic Foundation International. A second part of the Programme
materialized when the first university leadership seminar took place
at UNEP's headquarters in Gigiri on 8 and 9 May 2006.
The courses made use of the ESD Innovations Kit (available on
www.unep.org/training) and benefited from a participatory approach
throughout. The MESA participants were also introduced to the
'Regional Centers of Expertise' (RCEs) coordinated by UNU. They
are networks of existing formal, informal and non-formal education
organizations and their goal is to strengthen collaboration amongst
regional and local ESD-stakeholders and to achieve the goals of the
UN Decade of ESD. For more information see: http://
www.ias.unu.edu/research/regionalcentres.cfm)
All participants were very happy with the programme and expressed
their gratitude. For instance, Prof. John Ssebuwufu of the Association of African Universities said: "For sure Africa must develop but
the development we are yearning for must not come at any cost. It
should not only sustain Africa economically but must also be capable of sustaining the environment for our generation and for generations to come. I really liked the idea of 'greening' the university curriculum, it was new academic jargon for me. "
One thing is already clear today the kick-off of the MESA Partnership Programme was a great success. So, be prepared to read more
about it in the future!
The challenges are so immense that, only by working together

in mutual self interest, can we realize internationally agreed
goals and deliver a stable, just and healthy planet for this and
future generations, said Mr Steiner, a Brazilian-born German
national whose previous experience includes being SecretaryGeneral of the World
I also want to ensure that, at
Commission on Dams
the end of my first four year
based at the time in
term, UNEP becomes an ever
South Africa.
brighter beacon of intellectual
He described the UN
leadership, scientific assessSecretary Generals
ment and an energetic catalyst
High-level panel on UN
for the deep and meaningful
system-wide coherence
policy reforms and revolutions
in the areas of Development, Humanitarian
so urgently needed world-wide
Assistance and the
Environment and the
UN General Assemblys informal consultations on the institutional framework for the
UN systems environmental activities- chaired by ambassadors
from Mexico and Switzerland- as real opportunities that we must
all seize.
For the first time in two decades environment and the institutional architecture are receiving the highest levels of attention.
We have a golden chance to reform the institutions and structures that deliver global and regional environmental policy. It is a
chance we must not let slip away, said Mr Steiner.
He said he was delighted to be taking the helm of an African
headquartered organization: My self and my family are no
strangers to this wonderful Continent with its diverse history and
culture and hospitable people and beautiful landscapes. So I am
delighted to be returning to live here. I believe that Nairobi in
East Africa is an excellent location for a global environment
agency.
I am fully committed to ensuring that UNEPs headquarters becomes ever more a world class facility on a par with cities like
New York or Geneva. Africa and the developing world deserve
nothing less, said Mr Steiner.
I also want to ensure that, at the end of my first four year term,
UNEP becomes an ever brighter beacon of intellectual leadership, scientific assessment and an energetic catalyst for the
deep and meaningful policy reforms and revolutions so urgently
needed world-wide, said Mr Steiner.
For More Information Please Contact Nick Nuttall, UNEP
Spokesperson, Office of the Executive Director, on Tel: +254 20
762 3084; E-mail: nick.nuttall@unep.org
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MESA IN PICTURE
1: A formal Prof. Hans van Ginkel at the MESA lecture
2: A casual Prof. Hans van Ginkel in Lake Nakuru

3: Aline Bory-Adams of UNESCO leading by example
4: Sekou Toure of UNEP planting for the future
5: One man in a MESA family
6: Mahesh Pradhan shows of his new hair style
7: What a day!! Heila takes a breather
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MESA IN PICTURE
1: Professors try their hands on making paper planes

2: The planes are launched
3: Mine landed right there an excited Prof. Ssebuwufu
4: A discussion at the picturesque Lake Naivasha
5: Now, what is happening here?
6: Some of the drawings made by the MESA trainees
7: Back to basics
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DCPI
TUNZA
CHILDREN, YOUTH / SPORT
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The UNEP Children, Youth / Sport and the Environment Unit fall under the UNEP
Division of Communications and Public Information. The unit organizes activities that
are centred on children and youth and the important link between sport and the environment. The children and youth activities are encompassed under the Tunza Youth
Strategy that aims to provide young people with the right tools and information to
enable them to treat Mother Earth with care. The Strategy was adopted in February
2003 by the Governing Council of UNEP in an attempt to engage young people in to
environmental activities and in the work of UNEP. therefore, the overall TUNZA Concept is built around this theme. It is an initiative that is meant to develop activities in
the areas of capacity building, environmental awareness, and information exchange,
with a vision to foster a generation of environmentally conscious citizens, capable of
positive action. TUNZA is actually a Swahili word; an Eastern Africa sub regional
language which essentially means to treat with care and affection.
The Tunza strategy enables and conducts various activities for children throughout
the year. These activities range from educational environmental events such as the
International
Childrens Conference on
the environment and
the Childrens World
Summit on the environment. At these
events, children are
given the opportunity
to share their projects,
participate in educational workshops and
create new communication
networks
amongst themselves.
In addition, the Intersome of the children who attended the 2005 Childrens
national
Childrens
World Summit in Aichi Japan
Painting Competition
and the UNEP photographic competition are held every year encouraging children from all over the world
to learn more about the environment through creative pictures and drawings on important environmental issues. Children are also given important leadership training
through the Junior Board, a group of children between the ages of 10 and 14 who are
selected from the different regions of the world for a 2 year mandate during The
Tunza International Childrens Conference on the environment.
The Tunza strategy facilitates similar activities for youth- young people between the
ages of 15 and 24 that enable them to be actively involved in decision making as far
as environmental issues are concerned. Through the Tunza Youth Advisory Council;
a group of youth representing different regions selected during the Tunza International Youth Conference on the environment, youth are represented at monumental
environmental events such as the UNEP Governing council and Global Civil Society
forums. To promote capacity building and information exchange, the TUNZA strategy
also enables the production and distribution of children and youth publications such
as the Tunza magazine, the Tunza illustrated series for children, and the book A
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Time for Action which provide up-to-date information and resources that support the environmental
empowerment of young people.
Since 2002, UNEP has participated in a task force
of the UN Secretary-General on the use of sport for
the implementation of the United Nations Development Goals. A major component of UNEPs work
with sport and the environment is the partnership
with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). A
cooperative agreement was signed in 1994 with the
IOC and an Agenda 21 for Sport and Environment
was developed. In addition UNEP supports the IOC
in organizing world conferences and regional seminars on sport and the environment.
In continuing with the focus on sport and the environment, UNEP also cooperates with the Global
Sports Alliance (GSA) a Japanese-based organization, to organize a biennial Global Forum for Sport
and Environment and a Nature and Sport Training
Camp for children from the biggest slum in Africa Kibera situated in Nairobi, Kenya. In February 2003,
The word TUNZA means to treat with care or

affection in Kiswahili (a sub-regional language
of Eastern Africa). The overall TUNZA Concept,
therefore, is built around this theme. It is an initiative that is meant to develop activities in the
areas of capacity building, environmental awareness, and information exchange, with a vision to
foster a generation of environmentally conscious
citizens, capable of positive action.
at the UNEP Governing Council in Nairobi, Kenya,

UNEPs work in the area of sport and environment
received unanimous endorsement by governments
and a long-term strategy on sport and the environment was adopted by the Council. The strategy
requires UNEP to increase its already existing activities and work on sport and the environment. In
this regard, UNEP is approaching various international and sport organizations for partnerships.
For more information, please contact:

Theodore Oben
Head
Children & Youth/Sport & Environment Unit
Division of Communications and Public
Information
UNEP
P.O. Box 30552 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254 20 7623262
Fax: 254 20 7624350
e-mail: theodore.oben@unep.org
DCPI
Plant for the Planet

Campaign
Volunteers from UNEPs Children, Youth, Sport
and the environment unit spend some time with
children from a school in Kibera slums, Nairobi
The Plant for the Planet campaign was launched in February 2003 by the Children
and Youth/Sport and the Environment Unit, in an effort to promote reforestation. The
campaign aims to inspire communities to start major tree planting projects in their
region as well as encouraging these communities to develop a culture of continuous
planting and caring for trees.
Tunza Around The World

Australia - Aussie Kids Turning The Tide:
A group of young people in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia who get together to plan environmental activities and how to get others involved.
Nigeria - Fighting Water Pollution:
Young people establish a project to reduce water
contamination.
India - Catalysts for Change:
Students setup a clean-up & environmental
monitoring campaign.
Vietnam - Water... A Human Right
Vu Thuy Ahn campaigns for water-rights
Sweden - Protecting Mountain Forests:
European activists join hands against the destruction of Mountain Forests.
Britain - Pioneering Sustainable Living
A British student develops a Zero-Energy house.
Peru- Demanding Sulphur-Free Fuel
A Youth Campaign pioneered by Comit Ambiental Juvenil
Guyana- Celebrating Guyana's Rich Biodiversity
North Rupunini Youth Support Wildlife Management Projects
USA - Against all Odds: Action for Climate
Change: Despite the US Government's decision
not to sign the Kyoto Protocol, students take
action for clean energy
USA- Sundance Festival
Kids and grown ups celebrate the glory of the
sun and of nature
Lebanon - Making the Difference
A devastating fire destroys a forest , prompting
young people to take organized action to fight
deforestation nation-wide.
Some of our young supporters of the Plant for

the Planet campaign during a tree planting
event in Nairobi
Although the main targets for the

campaign are children in schools
all around the world, the campaign also tries to engage different sectors of the community.
This is because not only does the
campaign want these schools
and communities to adopt specific areas in which to plant and
care for trees as their environmental projects, but Plant for the
Planet also encourages schools
to develop tree nurseries to sustain the tree planting efforts for at
least five years.
Plant for the Planet began in

Kenya by initiating seed harvesting and tree planting activities with schools in Nairobi
and others parts of the country like Kisumu. In November and April, with the help of
partners such as Unilever and the Kisumu Municipal Council, the campaign assembles schools from around the country to plant thousands of trees. Plant for the Planet
has also launched similar activities in Bangladesh and Ghana and by the year 2008,
it is our hope that between one and five million trees will be planted by each of the
participating countries.
Since the campaigns inception, approximately 450,000 trees have been planted in
Kenya alone; and over 2,000 kilograms of seeds have been distributed for the creation of nurseries. In addition, Plant for the Planet organized a major tree-planting
event that took place from the 27th of March to the 1st of April 2006 in Kisumu; the first
Millennium City (as declared by Jeffrey Sachs, the UN Special Adviser on the Millennium Development Goals). With the help of the Kisumu Municipal Council, UNEP
planted 10,000 trees in schools, public parks and along the main roads. In addition,
at the end of the event 149
schools further committed themselves to planting 40,000 extra
seedlings as part of their support
for the campaign.
Concurrently with the planting
efforts in Kisumu, schools in and
around Nairobi planted 15,000
trees marking the transition into
the final phase of the campaign.
The next two and a half years are
going to be eventful as we have
some way to go to reach our
target of planting 1 million trees
by the end of 2008.In light of the
overall vision of the campaign; we
hope that this project will instill a
culture of natural resource conservation in young people.
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A young student explains the planting procedure to other participants during a tree planting event in Nairobi
GPA
UNEP/GPA
TRAINING PROGRAMME
The Train-Sea-Coast GPA Training Programme
- a UN inter-agency capacity building partnership
Fieldtrip to sanitation projects in the Khayelitsha

informal settlement, Cape Town, South Africa
The wastewater problem

In many parts of the world, sewage is discharged directly into open water without
treatment. Such uncontrolled discharge is one of the most serious threats to the
productivity and biodiversity of the worlds oceans. At the same time it causes serious environmental and human health problems and threatens sustainable coastal
development and such important economic activities as tourism and fisheries.
Training as part of the solution

This programme responds to the
challenges faced by countries in
addressing municipal wastewater
problems, particularly where they
result from insufficient capacity at
the municipal level to identify and
formulate environmentally-sound
and feasible projects an to efficiently absorb financial assistance.
The programme strengthens capacity at the

local level towards:
achieving the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation target on sanitation

improving environmental conditions in
coastal regions; and
improving human health
Interagency collaboration
The training courses offered contribute to building decentralized

Discussing technical aspects at a wastewater
capacity by strengthening municitreatment facility in Shanghai, China, July 2006
pal efforts to identify, design and
finance projects to collect and
treat domestic wastewater. The programme trains managerial staff and facilitates
stakeholder involvement and thereby strengthens a weak link in the chain between
political decisions at the national level and implementation at the local level.
The training is an active inter-agency collaboration

between the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Seas DOALOS and the United Nations
Development Programme UNDP. With major new
funding of US$ 2 million from the European Union
and the Global Environment Facility GEF, this programme will expand in the coming three years and
is expected to train an additional 1.200 experts in
60 course deliveries.
The training itself is a 5-day interactive and partially residential course offered to
wastewater managers at the municipal level. Representatives of other stakeholder
groups, namely tourism, fisheries, public health, community-based organizations and
academic institutions add to the exchange of experiences and best practices.
Languages and local instructors
Technology Support to Island States

As part of the programme activities in the Pacific region, a CD-ROM
was compiled by UNEP/GPA and UNESCO-IHE jointly with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme SPREP,
the University of the South Pacific and the South Pacific Applied
Geoscience Commission SOPAC. The CD-ROM contains:
a compendium of technologies appropriate for Pacific

Islands
s tutorial in Project Cycle management to identify feasible solutions,
three software tools to support decision-making; and
a document library with 100 publications on management and technologies.
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The training material is fully documented and already exists in English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish translations. NorthSouth knowledge transfer is combined with SouthSouth knowledge sharing. An increasing pool of
local instructors is involved in anchoring the training
courses in the local context.
I learned quite a bit during the five day training and can honestly say I will apply the
process in my course of work here at Guam
EPA.
Si Yuus Maase, course participant in Guam,
Northern Pacific, June 2006
GPA
UNEP/GPA
ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE 2003
To build capacity and support for the national implementation of the UNEP/WHO/UNHABITAT/WSSCC Guidelines on Municipal Wastewater Management, the GPA Coordination Office in cooperation with UNESCO-IHE delivered 16 training courses on
Improving Municipal Wastewater Management in Coastal Cities. The course is fully
documented in English, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. Training has been conducted in Africa, Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, and
was attended by 400 participants from 34 countries.
This effective programme includes both a training of trainers as well as a training of
practitioners. This fullscope approach seeks
to ensures the sustainability of the trainings
and lessons learned. A
recent
post-training
evaluation indicates that
the trainings have led to
an improvement in the
identification, formulation and implementation
of projects to collect and
treat municipal wastewater, amongst former
participants.
M o s t Participants from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden discuss
treatment technology in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
courses have been conducted at a national
level, and hence travel costs have been kept to a minimum. Furthermore, the increasing use of local instructors has contributed to the cost-effectiveness of this tool. The
programme sustains a web site, which supports interaction between former participants. It also serves as a communication and outreach tool.
Bilateral Support to the Train-Sea-Coast GPA

The United Nations Environment Programme gratefully acknowledges contributions
by the governments of Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland and the United States of
America, and the government of the Flemish Region (Flanders, Belgium), which has
made this capacity building initiative possible.
The Global Programme of Action

The Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment
from Land-based Activities (GPA) is a source of conceptual and practical guidance
to be drawn upon by national and regional authorities for devising and implementing sustained action to prevent marine degradation. It is the only integrated intergovernmental global programme addressing the obvious interlinkages between
freshwater and coastal and marine management. The GPA came into being in
1995 through the endorsement of 108 Governments and the European Commission acting in response to increasing threats to the marine environment from human activities on land (some 80% of the pollution load in the oceans originates
from land-based sources). The GPA is uniquely positioned to facilitate improved
cooperation and coordination of sustainable management of freshwater and saltwater environments at national, regional and global levels.
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Wastewater experts in Manila work intensively on

their group presentation
Between December 2003 and August 2006, a

total of 400 professional from the following
34countries have been trained:
Africa:
Angola, Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Mozambique,
South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania
Europe:
Turkey
Latin America & Caribbean:
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Panama
Asia:
Bangladesh, China, Jordan, Maldives, Pakistan,
Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Yemen
Pacific:
Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Papua New
Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu
Most of the above countries are party to the
various Regional Seas Conventions and Action
Plans and represent an integral part of the
implementation of the UNEP/GPA at the regional
level. 10 of these countries belong to the Small
Island Developing States (SIDS).
For more information about the Training

Programme of the Global Programme of
Action (GPA), please contact:
Robert Bechtloff
Programme Officer
UNEP/GPA Coordination Office
P.O. Box 16227, 2500 BE The Hague,
The Netherlands
Tel: (+31-70) 311 4472
Fax: (+31-70) 345 6648
GPA web site: http://www.gpa.unep.org
GPA-TSC Training:
http://www.gpa.unep.org/training
DEWA
AFRICA ENVIRONMENT
OUTLOOK
FOR YOUTH LAUNCHED
Group discussions during the youth conference
Brazzaville, Congo, 24 May 2006 was an important day for UNEP. The AEO-forYouth publication which was authored exclusively by African youth from 41 different
countries over a two-year period was launched. In attendance were environmental
experts, policy makers and youth from all over Africa. The keynote speech at the
launch was delivered by the African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and
Agriculture, who is in charge of Environment and Natural Resources, Mrs. Rosebud
Kurwijila. She emphasized that Africas environment was an important arena for
youth action.
AEO for Youth Fact-File
Youth delegates from the African Environment Conference in Brazzaville Congo
This AEO-for-Youth publication was commissioned by African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) and produced by the UNEPs Division of Early
Warning and Assessment. The image intensive publication repackaged the first
AEO report in a youth-friendly manner. It was compiled by the youth using articles,
case studies, poems, photos, paintings, illustrations, quotes and proverbs.
According to the immediate former President of AMCEN, Mr.Abdul-Hakim Rajab
Elwaer from Libya, African youth have joined their hands and spoken out in one
voice. This voice captures youth perspectives on the state of the environment and
shares youth prescriptions on environmental sustainability. Such unique perspectives should prompt action, not only from policy makers but also among the youth
themselves. The Deputy Executive Director of UNEP Mr. Shafqat Kakakhel echoed these sentiments when he stressed that, The voice of youth is an invaluable
asset to environmental processes. In capturing this voice, this publication offers
young people a roadmap for Africas environmental journey towards sustainable
development. The Environmental renaissance underscored in the Africa Environment Outlook process will become even stronger through a systematic youth involvement.
The AEO-for-Youth report is available in both French and English and is expected
to be distributed widely to all the 54 countries in Africa. Apart from informing young
people, it will also serve as a testimony to the merits of collaborative action not only
amongst the youth but also between the youth and UNEP.
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AEO-for-Youth is a process by youth, for youth

More than 3 000 African youth took part in the
AEO-for-Youth process.
The AEO-for-Youth network covers 41 African
countries and is coordinated in these countries
by National Focal Points who basically comprise of youth organisations.
AEO-for-Youth is based in the first Africa Environment Outlook report.
AEO-for-Youth was led at the sub-regional level
by a group of six sub-regional coordinators.
An AEO-for-Youth editorial board was responsible for the editorial review of the sub-regional
drafts that later formed the regional draft of the
publication.
Six sub-regional editorial meetings were held
between 2003 and 2005 in Port Louis Mauritius,
Kampala Uganda, Durban South Africa, Accra
Ghana, Libreville Gabon and Cairo Egypt.
These meetings brought together NFPs from
these sub-regions, their editor, their subregional coordinator and the regional officer
from UNEP.
The AEO-for-Youth process inspired a national
environmental youth process in South Africa.
The AEO-for-Youth report can be obtained

from the UNEPs Division of Early Warning
and Assessment (DEWA) Africa Programme
by emailing africa.coordinator@unep.org or
calling 7623323. For further information on
the AEO-for-Youth process, visit
www.unep.org/dewa/africa/youth
CONFERENCES
LEARNING IN A CHANGING
W O R L D
Fourth World Environmental
Education Congress - Durban 2007
The World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), which started in Espinho (Portugal),
comes to Africa in 2007. The Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA)
was awarded a bid to host the World Environmental Educational Congress from 2-6 July 2007.
EEASA in partnership with Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) and
other collaborators will host this prestigious
Congress WEEC 2007- at the Durban International Convention Centre, South Africa.
Durban: Most experienced conference city in

South Africa
WEEC 2007 comes at a time when there are

calls for revisiting our teaching and learning
beyond the classroom. As researchers, practitioners and policy makers we need to ensure
that we contribute to the values and goals of
sustainability as found in the UN Decade of
Education for Sustainable Development, the
UN Development Millennium Goals, Education
for All and many other international directives.
In this world of dynamic social, economic and
environmental influences, the challenge that
faces all practitioners in all spheres of development and governance is not only what to teach
but also how to effect learning. We trust that
the Congress theme LEARNING IN A
CHANGING WORLD opens the opportunity for
critical reflection on the role of education practice and theory - in effecting these international goals for a better future for all!
International Conference Centre (ICC) Durban Your Host Venue
Raked auditorium (1800 delegates) and 23+

additional smaller meeting rooms
The first WEEC was held in Portugal in 2003 to

strengthen international cooperation for implementing the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD) resolution that states
Education for Sustainable Development is an
investment in the future. Each respective
country should ensure that appropriate resources are made available for its development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation,
2002).
Subsequent World Environmental Education
Congresses (Brazil, 2004; Italy, 2005) have
contributed to global dialogue and implementation of the United Nations Decade of Education
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WEEC 2007 - Head Office

PO Box 394
Howick
3290
South Africa
Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve
1 Karkloof Road
Howick
3290
South Africa
Tel: +27 33 330 3931
Fax: +27 33 330 4576
Email: info@weec.co.za
www.weec2007.com
WEEC 2007 Secretariat

The Conference Company
P O Box 47156
Greyville
4023
South Africa
13 Claribel Road
Morningside
4001
South Africa
In Association with:
Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA)
and Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA)
COURSES -:- GRANTS
GRANTS
COURSES & SCHOLARSHIPS
Dual-Campus MA in Environmental Security and PeaceCosta Rica and Canada

The University for Peace (UPEACE), affiliated to the United Nations, is pleased
to announce that applications are now invited for the Dual-Campus MA program
in Environmental Security and Peace, for the 2006 2007 academic year. The
MA in Environmental Security and Peace focuses on the interface between
peace, development and environmental security. In particular, it concentrates on
the links between several factors of insecurity: environmental stress and degradation, threats to livelihoods, harms to the resilience of fragile ecosystems, intensified competition over natural resources and, in certain volatile situations,
escalating violence and conflict.
There is a major shortage of skilled and motivated people who fully understand
these complex issues and their inter-linkages.
The MA in Environmental Security and Peace responds to these challenges by
providing motivated individuals with the necessary skills to understand, define
and manage the actions needed to reduce the threats to peace arising from
environmental change, and to make significant contributions towards improving
environmental security and peace around the world.
The MA in Environmental Security and Peace is

delivered in a dual mode between the UPEACE
Campus in Costa Rica and the UPEACE Toronto Centre in Canada. The complete programme lasts for one year, out of which 4
months are spent studying at the UPEACE Toronto Centre. By combining the best resources
available in Costa Rica and Canada this program offers a unique opportunity to study environmental security issues from different perspectives.
For the 2006 2007 academic year, UPEACE
will be offering 10 full scholarships to qualified
applicants in the MA in Environmental Security
and Peace. One of these scholarships is designated for a Canadian applicant. For more information on the structure and content of the MA in
Environmental Security and Peace, as well as
application instructions and scholarship information, please visit www.upeace.org/programmes/
esp.cfm
Please note that UNEP does not give financial assistance to students. Our sponsorship for education and training is limited to UNEPorganized short courses for specific groups/ sectors. These courses are usually by invitation, advertisement through the web, or
nomination by Governments/ organizations. The scholarships, fellowships, and project funding opportunities listed are a collection of web
announcements and emails that we receive and broadcast for the benefit of the readers of our newsletter.
Course on Sustainable Communities June 2007 Helsinki University of Technology

Helsinki University of Technology, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the Environment Programme (UNEP) are organizing a high profile two-week continuing education course on sustainable communities.
The course aims to diffuse new ideas and practices into the different levels of
decision-making and to initiate innovative discussions. The course on Sustainable Communities transfers recent experiences and knowledge in the field of
city planning to the future planning and management. It is intended to create
long-term effects at both personal and institutional levels and offer solutions
that the institutions can implement and develop for their own practices. The
course provides a forum for exchanging experiences from different cultures and
with various working methods.
The Sustainable Communities course is intended for experienced local and
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central government officials engaged in policy

creation, management or infrastructure development. The course also welcomes experts from
universities and education centres. Participants
having successfully completed this course will
be awarded a Diploma, and the credits will be
integrated into the European Credit Transfer
System (ECTS).
Strategic Goals of the Course
Communication is the key element in achieving
results in sustainable community planning. The
dialogue between different stakeholders encour(Continued on page 15)
COURSES -:- GRANTS
ages trust and understanding as well as enables a free flow of

knowledge and information. The course on sustainable communities aims to achieve and maintain permanent and fruitful dialogue
between researchers and realizers in policy-making in local and
regional governments and ministries. In addition, the course intends to facilitate long-term relationships and networking between the national participants as well the regional geographical
areas.
More information coming in September 2006
UNEP/UNESCO/BMU International Training

Programme on Environmental Management
for Developing and Emerging Countries
The Course Programme 2006/2007
The calendar for the next course term is the following:
31August - 21 September 2006
38th UNEP/UNESCO/BMU International Short Course on Environmental Management for Developing and Emerging Countries
Integrated Land-use Management (SC 38)
UNITAR Fellowship Programme on International and Comparative Environmental Law
11 October - 2 November 2006

Soil Management (SC 39)
The overall objective of the Programme is to provide an intensive

theoretical and practical knowledge of international and comparative environmental law.
21 November - 12 December 2006

Urban Environmental Governance (SC 40)
The Fellowship Programme on International and Comparative

Environmental Law will provide an intensive three-week course
in environmental law and policy. The Programme will adopt a
participant-centered approach in which participants engage in
critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making. The
courses are comprised of practical training sessions involving
short interactive lectures, case studies, simulation exercises and
group discussions. The learning activities will be designed so as
to provide opportunities for debriefing through teacher and peer
feedback, personal and group reflection and the application of
newly developed ideas and skills.
The Programme is organized in cooperation with the Pzmny
Pter Catholic University - Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
and the Regional Environmental Center.
For more information please see attached files; also visit: http://
www.unitar.org/elp/fellowship.htm
15 January - 15 July 2007

30th UNEP/UNESCO/BMU International Postgraduate Course
on Environmental Management for Developing and Emerging
Countries (EM 30)
Deadline for applying for all courses mentioned is
June, 15th 2006,
when all originals have to have reached the secretariat. Documents transmitted via FAX or email are only regarded as advance notice.
For further informations, please contact us.
Office Address:
Centre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental
Management - CIPSEM
CENN INFO
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN)
Parkstr. 5, 15th Floor

D - 01069 Dresden
Germany
Tel:+995 32 75 19 03/04
Fax:+995 32 75 19 05
E-mail: info@cenn.org
URL: www.cenn.org
Mailing Address:
Technische Universitt Dresden
UNEP/UNESCO/BMU International Postgraduate Training Programme on Environmental Management
Do you have information on Scholarships, Fellowships, and

Project Funding Opportunities? If so, then share this information
with the rest of the world by kindly get in touch with us on this
address:
Environmental Education and Training
DPDL UNEP,P.O. Box 30552 ,
00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-7624027; Fax: +254-20-7623917
E-mail: env.edu@unep.org
D - 01062 Dresden
Germany
Tel.: (++49 351) 4 97 99 10, -11, -22, -23, -24
Fax: (++49 351) 4 95 12 15
E-mail: unep@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
You should not regard the details given here as being absolutely
definitive; you should contact the addresses given at the end of
each section for up-to-date conditions and eligibility requirements.
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WORKSHOPS
gcreader@ju.edu.jo ; Internet: http://www.ju.edu.jo/

confernces/gcreader/index.htm
CONVENTIONS, SEMINARS
FIRST INTER-AMERICAN MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH-LEVEL AUTHORITIES OF

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: 5 October 2006
- 6 October 2006 .Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Bolivia . This meeting is organized by the Organization of American States (OAS). Participants will
identify and advance concrete partnerships at the
regional and hemispheric level to integrate environmental considerations into development, poverty alleviation, social and economic policies. The
meeting will take into account progress in implementing sustainable development and identify
specific opportunities for cooperation among OAS
member states. For more information contact:
Joaquin Tamayo, OAS; tel: +202- 458-3506; fax:
+202-458-3560; e-mail: JTamayo@oas.org ; Internet: http://www.oas.org/dsd/.../Am_eng_v1.htm
AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES

This is a listing of conventions, workshops, seminars and training programmes on
environmental education. For specific details of the events, please contact the addresses given.
SECOND SESSION OF THE 2006ENCOUNTER ON SUSTAINABILITY-YES
August- 27, 2006, Braunwald, Switzerland
ETHsustainability, along with Alliance for Global Sustainability partner institutions,
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology,
andUniversity of Tokyo,please to announce the opening of the application process for
the 2006Youth Encounter on Sustainability-YES.Two courses (each of 2 week
duration)be held in Braunwald, Switzerland,year under the umbrella theme of "Living
for 10 Billion People by 2050".40 places are available in each course for upper level
undergraduate and graduate students of all nationalities and academic disciplines.The courses will be held in English and aim to sensitize participants to the
complex issues of sustainable development though course work, field trips, workshops, group work, discussions and practical learning experiences, combined with
unique social and cultural activities.The courses will be held in English. For more
information please contactProject Manager Ms. Michelle Granton michelle.grant@sl.ethz.ch. Internet: http://www.sustainability.ethz.ch/en/index.cfm
___________________________________________________________
TRAINING COURSE IN ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY: 26 August 2006 - 10
September 2006 .Geneva , Switzerland . This programme, which is organized by the
University of Geneva , UNITAR and UNEP, aims to teach the skills necessary to
participate in international negotiations in environment, sustainable development and
related fields. The intended audience includes current and future diplomats, negotiators, policy and decision makers in governments, regional intergovernmental bodies,
local authorities, the private sector, NGOs, trade unions and UN bodies. The deadline for applications is 31 May 2006 . For more information contact: Cline GermondDuret, University of Geneva ; tel: +41-22-379-8942; fax: +41-22-379-8173; e-mail:
celine.duret@cueh.unige.ch ; Internet: http://www.envsec.org/docs/
Environ.diplom.pdf
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59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR NGOS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNDPI: 6
September 2006 - 8 September 2006 .New York , New York , United States of America . NGOs associated with DPI and/or in consultative status with ECOSOC are invited to attend this conference, entitled Unfinished Business: Effective partnerships
for human security and sustainable development. Corporate, financial, religious and
academic representatives will join government, UN and NGO panellists in discussing
examples of partnerships for broadening the impact of all global efforts to reach the
MDGs by 2015. For more information contact: United Nations Department of Public
Information (DPI); tel: +212-963-6842; fax: +212-963-6914; e-mail: dpingo@un.org ;
Internet: http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/annual-conf.html
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GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY APPROACHES FOR DESERT REGIONS: 18 September 2006 - 22 September 2006 .Amman , Jordan . This
conference will present a range of information regarding the development of wind,
solar, biomass and geothermal energy in desert regions. For more information:
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9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
GLOBAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE: 6
November 2006 - 10 November 2006 .Santiago ,
Chile . Theme: Spatial Information: Tool for Reducing Poverty. The GSDI Association is an inclusive
organization of organizations, agencies, firms, and
individuals from around the world. The purpose of
the organization is to promote international cooperation and collaboration in support of local, national and international spatial data infrastructure
developments that will allow nations to better address social, economic, and environmental issues.
The term Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is used
to denote the relevant base collection of technologies, policies and institutional arrangements that
facilitate the availability of and access to spatial
data. Internet: http://www.gsdi9.cl/ .
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INTERNATIONAL
YOUNG
SCIENTISTS'
GLOBAL CHANGE CONFERENCE: 7 November
2006 - 8 November 2006 .Beijing , China . This
conference will precede the Earth System Science
Partnership's Open Science Conference on
Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges. Internet: http://www.start.org/.../
YSC_2006_Announce7.pdf
__________________________________
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
SUSTAINABILITY MEASUREMENT AND MODELING: 16 November 2006 - 17 November
2006 .Terrassa , Spain . Participants at this meeting will focus on the establishment of measurements, models and evaluations for sustainable
development. For more information contact: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engi-
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WORKSHOPS
CONVENTIONS, SEMINARS
AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES
for Sustainable Development adopted in 2002 by

the UN General Assembly through resolution
57/254.
UNEP has been a key partner in convening the
WEEC since the first congress. UNEP supported
participants countries as well as countries with
economies in transition to attend the 3rd WEEC in
Italy. UNEP is working with WESSA towards the 4th
WEEC and plans to facilitate workshops at the
event.
Previous WEEC gatherings have attracted a host of
delegates involving global organisations, government officials, business, academics, NGOs, CBOs
and other Environmental Education practitioners. It
is in that light that WEEC 2007 is also engaging
various stakeholders and sectors to give its programme multiple perspectives.
The exciting 2007 Congress programme includes
not only the daily keynote papers, research-based
papers, poster presentations, workshops & round
tables, social marketing of programmes in a market
place (exhibitions & soap boxes), but also a number
of exciting cultural events and scientific tours. The
Congress also opens opportunities for optional preand post- congress tours for delegates and accompanying persons to explore the rich natural and
cultural heritage of southern Africa.
The Congress will also present an opportunity for
delegates to be part of the formation and consolidation of the World EE Association. This process is
run by the World EE Congress Secretariat, which is
based in Italy. Part of the process includes agreement on the proposed constitution and other institutional agreements.
A Section 21 (not for profit) Company has been
established to facilitate organisation of the Congress and a small national organising committee
has been established.
Registration for WEEC 2007 commenced July 2006
via online registration on the WEEC 2007 website,
www.weec2007.com Details regarding the requirements for submission of Abstracts will be available
in the next announcement. The deadline for submission of Abstracts will be 30 November 2006 and
notification will be provided by 15 January 2007.
Once more we invite you to Shosholoza all the way
to Msawawa (Southern Africa) to experience it for
yourself.
neering; tel: +34-934-017-441; e-mail: icsmm@cimne.upc.edu ; Internet: http://

congress.cimne.upc.es
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THE EAST ASIAN SEAS ( EAS ) CONGRESS 2006: 12 December 2006 - 16 December 2006 .Haikou City , Hainan Province , China . This event will bring together
international organizations, experts and multi-sector stakeholders to exchange
knowledge and build capacity in developing strategies to implement the MDGs and
WSSD goals for the region's coasts and oceans. With the central theme One
Ocean , One People, One Vision, the five-day event will feature several key activities designed to enhance regional cooperation for the benefit of the Seas of East
Asia. For more information contact: The EAS Congress Secretariat; tel: +632-9202211; fax: +632-9-269712; e-mail: congress@pemsea.org ; Internet: http://
www.pemsea.org/eascongress
__________________________________
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL,

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY:4 January 2007-7 January 2007.
University of Madras, Chennai, India. This conference aims to develop an holistic
view of sustainability, in which environmental, cultural and economic issues are inseparably interlinked. The conference will feature speakers, paper, workshop and
colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. For more information contact: Conference Organizers; tel: +61-2-9519-0303; fax: +61-2-95192203; e-mail: info+S07@commongroundconferences.com; Internet: http://
www.SustainabilityConference.com
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INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE ON SCIENCE AND PRACTICE IN SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT: LINKING KNOWLEDGE WITH ACTION:23 January 2007-27
January 2007. Chiang Mai, Thailand. This dialogue is expected to bring scientists
and practitioners involved in global, regional and sub-regional sustainable development activities to discuss the quantity and effectiveness of collaborations on sustainable development pursued around the world, and to enhance the worlds capacity to
establish and implement such activities. For more information contact: Jill Jger,
Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Austria; tel: +43-1-263-2104; fax:
+43-1-263-2104; e-mail: jill.jaeger@seri.at; Internet: http://www.scidev.net/events/
index.cfm?fuseaction=readevents&itemid=672&language=1
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UN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANET EARTH: 1 January 2008-31 December
2008.Global. The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2008 to
be UN International Year of Planet Earth. The Years activities will span the three
years 2007-2009. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) has been designated to organize activities during the Year, in collaboration with UNEP and other relevant United Nations bodies, the International Union of
Geological Sciences and other Earth sciences societies and groups throughout the
world. Internet: http://www.yearofplanetearth.org/index.htm
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DPDL
PA D E L I A
Environmental Law Education and Training Activities of
the Partnership for the Development of Environmental
Law and Institutions in Africa (PADELIA) Project
The Partnership for the Development of Environmental Law and Institutions in

Africa (PADELIA) is a UNEP project which aims at building capacity and
strengthening the institutions of African countries for the development, implementation, enforcement and harmonisation of environmental laws, taking into
account poverty alleviation and sustainable development strategies.
The Phase I of the project was initiated in 1994 with the support of the Dutch
Government which offered US$ 5 million to UNEP to work with other international agencies in selected African countries to support the development of environmental law and institutions. This phase of the project involved seven countries namely, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe,
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The first four project countries concentrated on
environmental issues of a purely national character while the other three focused
on issues of sub-regional and transboundary character geared towards harmonisation of laws and regulations in agreed areas.
Phase I which ended officially in 2000 generated many outputs both globally as
well as at the national and sub-regional levels including volumes of Compendia
of environmental laws of African countries and Judicial Decisions on Matters
related to Environment from different jurisdictions worldwide; reports which
formed the basis of development of laws and framework environmental laws in
Burkina Faso, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Sao Tome & Principe, including
Kenya. In addition, the project countries developed draft texts of sectoral laws.
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda which had been selected to facilitate an experiment with a sub-regional project are adopting a protocol on environment and
natural resources.
PADELIA Phase II is currently funded by six donors, namely, the Netherlands,
Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Luxembourg and Belgium, including UNEP and
UNDP, amounting to US dollars 5.4 million. Phase II of the project supports
thirteen countries which are grouped into three sub-regions, namely: the SAHEL
sub-region comprising Mali, Niger, Senegal and Burkina Faso; the SADC Subregion comprising Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Malawi (a Phase I country)
and the East African sub-region comprising, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Other countries which do not fall under the sub-regions are Mozambique and
Sao Tome and Principe. PADELIA, therefore, works with the national governments in the project countries and other partners, including donors and the cooperating agencies, namely, IUCN and FAO in the implementation of the project
activities.
The project activities are categorized into five broad areas, namely: review and
development of environmental laws; institutional strengthening; capacity building
to develop and implement environmental laws; promotion of environmental law
compliance and enforcement, as well as the promotion of environmental law
awareness and information. Its main features include the linking of all activities
to poverty reduction strategies and sustainable development; it is country-driven
and highly participatory in nature where beneficiary countries identify their own
problems, determine their priorities, build national consensus and implement
activities using national expertise thus ensuring national ownership of the results.
It also operates on the concept of capacity building where nationals are trained
to identify problems requiring legal intervention and preparing their own laws and
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PADELIA's Principle Address

Partnership for the Development of
Environmental Laws and Institutions in Africa
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri
P.O. Box 30552
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: padelia.africa@unep.org
other legal instruments.

At the regional level, the Project has been working with African Universities to introduce environmental law into the curriculum of the law faculties. Series of trainings have been mounted on
specific topics in environmental law and policy
including legislative drafting, environmental impact assessment, the role of the Judiciary and
legal practitioners, access to environmental justice, environmental litigation, to mention but a
few. As a result of the impacts of its activities,
PADELIA has been regarded as a driving tool for
environmental law in Africa. The establishment of
the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers
in African Universities is a clear indication of the
popularity of the subject of environmental law
through the activities of PADELIA. A colloquium
of the Association was hosted with the support of
PADELIA in Nakuru, Kenya in the year 2004.
PADELIA will also be facilitating the holding of a
symposium of the Association sometime in September, 2006.
The project has through its activities benefited
not only the 13 project countries but also the
entire region and its overall impact has been
enhanced capacity of African countries to reverse
negative environmental trends and attain sustainable development by ensuring that effective legal
and institutional regimes are established with
competent and sustained expertise. Indeed, the
Project has recorded numerous achievements,
including: (i) development of over 60 national
environmental laws and regulations; (ii) creation
of a wide range of expertise in environmental law;
(iii) holding of over 200 training courses on specific topics in environmental law and policy, and
(iv) creation of comparative experiences and
expertise in environmental law in the legal systems of Lusophone, Francophone and Anglophone countries.
In view of the remarkable success of PADELIA
and the fact that the results and outputs of the
project activities are useful globally, it has been
agreed to expand the project activities and the
methodology of delivery to not only other countries in Africa but also to other UNEP regions.
REGIONAL NEWS - EUROPE
REGIONAL NEWS FROM
EUROPE
Environment Online (ENO) Programme
a global virtual school for
sustainable development
Environmental awareness and sustainable development represent the underlying values of the 21st century. Environment Online (ENO) is a global
web school where students from around the world can share knowledge
and skills.
ENO is a strong and active international network of schools. It has been running
since 2000 and is administrated by the city of Joensuu, Finland. The main goals
of the ENO programme are to
deepen environmental themes
in education, add global
awareness and internationality, support sustainable development, encourage developing countries to be active participants, and in addition, to
learn skills in ICT.
Participants include 300
schools from 90 countries.
Students ages vary between
10 - 18 years. Among the Environment Online Students from Iftin school,
global and national partners Mogadishu, Somalia
are UNEP (United Nations
Environment Programme), UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization), the University of Joensuu, Finnish ministries and environmental organizations and school networks. The programme has received numerous awards and special mentions worldwide.
see them from a global aspect: act locally

think globally. Information is gathered at the
local level and shared globally through the Web
site. Learning is student-centred with online
and offline activities. Learning tools include a
chat and discussion forum, Web-based material
sharing, a learning diary, ENO radio, polling
and surveys and ePALS. At the end of each
theme there is a campaign week when students
share their results and present them in their
local communities. They eventually become
ambassadors for the environment in their respective regions, and also worldwide.
Bulgaria National
Training Seminar on
Cleaner Vehicles and
Vehicle Technology
The training event was organized at the request of
the Bulgarian authorities, as strategies for cleaner
vehicle fleets are of interest to policymakers and
municipalities grappling with the country's ageing
vehicle fleet (40% of the vehicles in Bulgaria are
over 20 years old). Around 70% of the diesel fuel
sold in the country is already at 50 ppm sulphur,
allowing for the use of cleaner vehicles and the
retrofit of older ones with emissions control technology. Michael Walsh, an associate partner of the
Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV),
presented information on cleaner technology for
new and existing vehicles, incentives used in other
countries for their promotion, sustainable urban
transport strategies, and case studies of best
practices from other countries. Training information and presentations are available on the UNEP/
PCFV website: www.unep.org/pcfv
School twinning is an important part of co-operation in the ENO Programme.

Schools in the North have twin schools in the South. For instance, ENO schools
in Southern Africa are twins
with schools in the Joensuu
To read more and get involved in the ENO
region, Finland. Some African
programme, visit http://eno.joensuu.fi
schools visited their twin
schools in Finland last FebruENO Tree Planting Day, 21st of September:
ary. An online seminar was
http://eno.joensuu.fi/treeceremony.htm
arranged at the university
where African teachers preTo contact:
sented their activities in the
Mr Mika Vanhanen, coordinator
ENO Programme.
Education department, the city of Joensuu
Finland
Email: enoprogramme@gmail.com
The main goal is to lay emphasis on local environments and
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Associate Partner, Michael Walsh, providing

training on cleaner vehicles in Bulgaria
REGIONAL NEWS - AFRICA
R E G I O N A L N E W S F R O M Mauritius: A
AFRICA
UNESCO-Nairobi pushes ESD
in its cluster countries
Kenya has taken the lead in the UNESCO Nairobi Cluster in developing its national
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Strategy. There are five countries in
the UNESCO Nairobi Cluster Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda.
The Kenya ESD Strategy has been developed through a highly consultative process
forefronted by a technical working group with support from UNESCO-Nairobi. The
technical working group has benefited from broad representation with numerous organizations participating including: National Environment Management Authority
(NEMA), Kenya Ministry of Education Kenya Institute of Education (KIE), Kenya Organization for Environmental Education (KOEE), Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kenyatta University (KU), Kenya Science Teachers College (KSTC), Teacher
Service Commission (TSC), Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE), Department
of Adult Education, Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services, Kenya
Education Staff Institute (KESI).
The technical working group offers an effective decision-making structure spearheading ESD in the country. NEMA has been playing a coordinating role in the ESD process as it forms a core function of the
Authority to promote sustainable
development in Kenya.
Several initiatives have contributed to
the strategy development including a
baseline survey commissioned by
UNESCO-Nairobi that was conducted in October 2005 by the Kenya
Organization for Environmental Education (KOEE). This served to identify local problems, priorities and
existing capacities in relation to the
Learners in Garissa, North-Eastern Kenya
objectives of the ESD Decade. The study lessons on clean water
UNESCO-Nairobi survey highlighted
gaps that need to be addressed through ESD in order for Kenya to realize sustainable development. UNESCO-Nairobi has also compiled a working paper to guide
ESD implementation in the cluster countries in Eastern Africa. This has served as a
basis for a sound stakeholder analysis on ESD in Kenya.
The Kenya ESD Strategy was presented to stakeholders from across the country on
6 July 2006 in Nairobi. This strategy identifies the local sustainable development
issues, priorities and existing capacities. Its mission is to provide an enabling environment and capacity for sectors and stakeholders to effectively contribute towards the
achievement of the Decade of Education for sustainable development objectives.
Kenyas ESD strategy calls for the establishment of an Eastern Africa ESD Network
and Regional Centre of Expertise. The ESD Network would be sub-regional initiative
designed to contribute to the Global Learning Space for Sustainable Development. It
will aspire to achieve the goals of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development by translating its objectives into the context of local communities in the subregion.
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School Compost
Project Success
Mauritius is one of the worlds small island nations
providing unique lifestyles for their residents and
exotic destinations for many tourists. Being a small
island with a limited space, disposal of solid waste
is a serious problem. The only available landfill at
Mare-Chicose that was meant to hold 300 tonnes of
waste daily currently receives 1200 tonnes. As a
result, Mare-Chicose landfill has taken 8 years to fill
instead of the 19 years that had earlier been projected.
In 2005, a project titled Environment-Friendly
School Project was submitted to the Ministry of
Environment. The basic concept in the project was
to help students to gain the knowledge, values,
motivation, commitment and skills they would need
to manage the earths resources (natural and manmade) more sustainably and to take responsibility
for maintaining environmental quality. In addition to
several objectives, the Environment-Friendly
We believe that this is just a start towards

success for sustainable development and
if we maintain this kind of spirit, such local
action would eventually translate into
global action thus helping our planet earth.
School Project emphasized the importance of

micro-projects on waste minimization and composting for school, biodiversity, water, healthy life style
and environment. This was in line with one of the
governments policies on waste minimisation.
The Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE) was
therefore asked to discuss the action plan of the
school compost project in the Steering Committee
at the Ministry of Environment (MOE) and later,
after thorough discussion with the Educational
Zone Directors and other important stakeholders in
several committees the project was initiated with 50
schools participating throughout the island. The
project is now being extended to all schools to the
island.
The success of the Environment-Friendly School
Project, unlike other previous attempts by NonGovernmental Organizations or school managers,
has been in its objectives that strengthen the environmental education processes and reflects education for sustainable development.
Article by Ravhee Bholah of the Mauritius
Institute of Education ravhee@intnet.mu
REGIONAL NEWS - ASIA
REGIONAL NEWS FROM
ASIA-PACIFIC
In this issue of the UNEP EET newsletter, our focus on Asia is on a section of
the environmental education and training activities of the UNEP-Tongji
Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD). IESD was
established in May 2002 by the agreement between the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Tongji
University. IESD is located in the Shanghai campus of Tongji
University and its operation is supported by Tongjis College of
Environmental Science and Engineering and other colleges
relevant to the operation of the Institute, as well as by the
UNEP Asia-Pacific Regional University Consortium (RUC)
IESD-HSBC Leadership Programme held

HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation Limited) expressed interest
in cooperating with IESD to run a leadership programme on sustainable development, which is targeted mainly for the officers and entrepreneurs from the less
developed areas of China. Based on the agreement between IESD and HSBC,
this leadership programme is to run twice a year, each lasting for three days.
The first IESD-HSBC Leadership Programme was held at IESD during April
12~14. Twenty five participants came from local EPBs and environmental institutions. Well-known environmentalists, Mr. Maurice F. Strong and Mr. Geping Qu
gave lectures in the first day. For Chinas environment, Mr. Qu informed that
some of the important environmental objectives were not achieved during Chinas
10th Five-Year Plan. As reported by the media, Premier Jiabao Wen said at the
6th National Environmental Congress that the emission of SO2 increased by 27%
in comparison with that in 2000, and that the reduction of COD discharge in
wastewater was only 2% as compared to the original expectation of 10% reduction.
Anji Workshop on Education

and RCE
Anji was where the 2nd RUC Meeting (2004) and
the site visit of the 2005 Leadership Programme
took place. The Anji RCE workshop was decided
last year to help Anji establish an education base
for sustainable development.
Mr. Katsunori Suzuki, Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon
from UNU-IAS, and Prof. Dahe Jiang of IESD
attended the workshop on April 24 as resource
persons. Anji participants included senior officers
from the County Government, Education Bureau,
Foreign Affairs Bureau, and Environmental Protection Bureau. Other attendees included a
grass-root environmentalist, an entrepreneur, and
professors from Tongji University, Shanghai Normal University and Zhejiang University.
Anji is unique in the sense that training and education on environment and sustainable development have already been conducted by a broad
range of stakeholders - from government officers
to common people. In recent years, their achievements in environmental protection and ecological
conservation have received due recognition. Anji
was named as a national demonstration of ecological county for several years. And currently,
Anji is evaluated most favorably, which is expected to lead to a formal recognition as the first
Ecological County of China.
RCE-Anji is very much likely to succeed in obtaining formal acknowledgement from UNU. It
will also the first RCE in China, which could be a
role model for the rest of the country.
IESD attends the International Workshop on

Regional Center of Expertise (RCE)
At the 2002 World Summit, the United Nations adopted the Decade of Education
for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). DESD was launched on March 1,
2005 in New York. On September 10, 2005, in collaboration with UNEP-ROAP,
UNESCO-Beijing, and RUC, IESD organized the National Launch of DESD at the
Anting Campus of Tongji University. During April 12-13, 2006, the Institute of
Advanced Studies (IAS) of UNU in collaboration with the Yokohama Government
organized an international workshop on Regional Centers of Expertise (RCE) for
education for sustainable development.
At this Yokohama RCE Conference, UNU-IAS promotes the establishment of an
international network of RCEs for the implementation of DESD. At present there
are a dozen RCEs worldwide already certified, including seven in Asia and the
Pacific. Invited by UNU-IAS, Prof. Dahe Jiang of IESD attended the Yokohama
Conference. IESD activities for DESD were introduced at the Conference, including the collaboration of UNEP and UNESCO in promoting DESD, the national
launch, the leadership programme training programs, and the international masters program.
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Tel/Fax: +86-21-65985059
Email: zhaojianfu@mail.tongji.edu.cn
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PUBLICATIONS
Education for Sustainable Development Innovations Programmes for Universities in Africa
Education for Sustainable Development introduces a focus
on values and ethics, and on new challenges for multidisciplinary and inter-disciplinary dialogue, teaching and research. It also encourages universities to enhance their role
in shaping societys future, and in seeking solutions to Africas environmental and developmental challenges. The
UNEP ESD Innovations Course and Toolkit provide a platform for discussing and examining sustainable development
innovations in different African universities. The course gives a broad orientation
to the concept of sustainable development, and introduces university teachers
and managers to the range of possibilities for action that exist in teaching, research, community engagement and management. The toolkit also aims to
strengthen and complement the broader dimensions of the Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in Africa (MESA) Universities Partnership, which engages a wide range of university teachers, researchers, students and managers
United Nations Environment Programme. 2006.
Education for Sustainable Development Innovations - Programmes for Universities in Africa. Share-Net, Howick
Environmental Education, Ethics and Action: A Workbook to Get Started

This workbook objectively challenges the link between ethics,
environment and our everyday activities. It takes ethics out of
philosophy departments and puts it squarely onto the streets,
into the villages, towns and cities, and connects ethics to all
life on Earth. The book's primary audience is teacher trainers, college instructors, university professors and others responsible for professional development in education. It is
also aimed at environmental educators who want to take
their teaching more deeply into the questions that lie at the heart of sustainable
living. Available in English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Environmental Education, Ethics, and Action: A Workbook to Get Started.
Jickling, B., Lotz-Sisitka, H., O'Donoghue, R., Ogbuigwe. A. (2006)
Nairobi : UNEP.
Trip with Drip the Water Drop, A: A Learning-by-doing

Workbook on Water for Children
This colourful workbook and CD-ROM contains basic facts,
interesting information, and several "learning by doing" activities on various aspects of water. The package communicates
both the quantity and quality aspects of water that are of
immediate concern to all. More importantly, it carries the
message that every one of us - old or young, can play a role
in conserving this precious resource. The workbook is available in English and French. A multimedia system is required
to run the CD.
Trip with Drip the Water Drop, A: An Interactive CD-ROM on
Water for Children. Price: $ 15.00
Trip with Drip the Water Drop, A: A Learning-by-doing Workbook on Water for
Children. UNEP (2005) Price: $ 10.00. ISBN: 9280725815
UNEP Programmes and

Resources for Environmental Education and
Training: An Introductory
Guide
This guide showcases some
of UNEP's many programmes and resources that
support the important work of
environmental education and
training. It contains details of courses in the
UNEP Environmental Leadership Programme,
UNEP networks for environmental training,
UNEPs commitment to supporting environmental
action learning activities that link schools with
their communities, training programmes for
women as managers of natural resources, and
examples of UNEPs public education programmes in newspapers and television. This
guide also provides details of some of the many
books, multimedia materials and web sites that
UNEP has prepared to support environmental
education and training
UNEP/UN-HABITAT Interactive Air Quality

Management CD
The UNEP Urban Environment
Unit launched the interactive
Urban Air Quality Management
Toolbook CD-ROM at a training
session during the recent WUF
III. This tool is adapted to the
needs of cities in developing
countries and will help urban
practitioners gather data, assess the health impacts of air pollution in their city,
and devise practical ways to address. For more
information on how to obtain a copy or if you are
interested in air quality training, contact urban.environment@unep.org.
Editorial Team:
Akpezi Ogbuigwe
Valerie Kiel
Francelino Grando
David Bwakali
Davies Okoko
Sarah-Dorothy Atieno
Aaban Ali Butt
Rose Ogot
Contributors:
Susan Nkinyangi - UNESCO Nairobi
Joyce Sang - UNEP
Robert Bechtloff - UNEP/GPA
Mumsie Gumede - WESSA
For a complete list of the environmental publications from UNEP and how
to order, please visit our online bookstore at www.earthprint.com. The
resources are available in printed format, and electronically on CD-ROM
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January - June 2006

For too long economics

Time to Make Environment

Inside this Issue

(Continued from page 1)

UNEP Welcomes Achim Steiner as

United Nations Decade of Education

MESA Universities Partnership

UNEP Hosts the Education for Sustainable Development Innovations

TUNZA Children, Youth / Sport and

Plant for the Planet Campaign

UNEP/GPA Training Programme

Africa Environment Outlook for Youth

Fourth World Environmental Education Congress - Durban 2007

Grants Courses & Scholarships

Workshops, Conventions, Seminars

UNEPs PADELIA Project

Regional News from Europe

Regional News from Africa

Achim Steiner Executive Director of the United

Regional News from Asia-Pacific

This is a newsletter of the Environmental

to integrate sustainable science and education;

For more information, visit the

Alternate Information Site:

Based on the proposals by Japan and Sweden , the

The MESA partnership seeks to:

Contribute to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa

Incorporate the core elements of environment, social and economic development

Motivate, build capacity and equip lecturers

For more information on the MESA

The partnership has now grown to include organizations such as UNESCO,

Markets Need to Work With

Imagine this! A room full of dignified university vice-chancellors busy

(Continued from page 2)

How about African university professors and lecturers trying their

The challenges are so immense that, only by working together

1: A formal Prof. Hans van Ginkel at the MESA lecture

2: A casual Prof. Hans van Ginkel in Lake Nakuru

1: Professors try their hands on making paper planes

The word TUNZA means to treat with care or

at the UNEP Governing Council in Nairobi, Kenya,

For more information, please contact:

Plant for the Planet

Tunza Around The World

Some of our young supporters of the Plant for

Although the main targets for the

Plant for the Planet began in

Fieldtrip to sanitation projects in the Khayelitsha

The wastewater problem

Training as part of the solution

The programme strengthens capacity at the

achieving the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation target on sanitation

The training courses offered contribute to building decentralized

The training is an active inter-agency collaboration

Languages and local instructors

Technology Support to Island States

a compendium of technologies appropriate for Pacific

s tutorial in Project Cycle management to identify feasible solutions,

three software tools to support decision-making; and

a document library with 100 publications on management and technologies.

Bilateral Support to the Train-Sea-Coast GPA

The Global Programme of Action